Nimrud

American  

[nim-rood] / nɪmˈrud /

noun

1. modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.

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Nimrud British  

/ nɪmˈruːd /

noun

1. an ancient city in Assyria, near the present-day city of Mosul (Iraq): founded in about 1250 _bc and destroyed by the Medes in 612 _bc ; excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard

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Example Sentences

The destruction of heritage sites Palmyra, in Syria, and Nimrud, in Iraq, was of real interest - how had we reached a point where monuments were under attack and why?

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2017

But seven decades later, one of her favorite places - Nimrud - is in danger as never before.

From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2017

Assyrian capital of Nimrud, south of Mosul, from the militant group.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2016

He told me that Boris Johnson, the British foreign minister, had announced plans to help reassemble the Nimrud fragments remaining from the recent destruction, following the model of the Acropolis, in Athens.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016

Nimrud, Mound of, Layard undertakes the exploration of, 17.

From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)